JAMES F. LAGONA
Apartment A
Hamburg, New York 14075-3523
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EDUCATION
**** – 1985 State University of New York at Buffalo
School of Law
Amherst, New York
Juris Doctor
1979 – 1987 St. David’s Seminary
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Ordination to Minor and Major Orders, including Orthodox Priesthood
Doctor of Divinity
1978 – 1982 Canisius College
Buffalo, New York
Bachelor of Art, Dual Majors of Psychology and Sociology/Anthropology
with Minors/Concentrations in Religious Studies and Spanish
Graduated Cum Laude
1974 – 1978 St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute
Kenmore, New York
Regent’s Diploma, Graduated with Honors
EMPLOYMENT
Teaching:
2000 – 2011 State University of New York at Buffalo
Amherst, New York
Dual Appointment to Law School Faculty and Interdisciplinary Department
Subjects: Health Care Law, Family Law, Real Estate, Trusts and Estates,
Special Needs Law, Education Law and Constitutional Law
2009 – 2011 Niagara County Community College
Wheatfield, New York
Assisted in creation of Special Needs Department and Learning Pathways
Program for Special Needs college students, leading to degrees for students with
special needs. Also taught Health Care Law, Constitutional Law and Real Estate Law.
1989 – 1992 and Medaille University
1997 – 2000 Buffalo, New York
Subjects: Paralegal Studies, Real Estate Law, Trusts and Estates
1987 – 2003 St. David’s Seminary, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada and
St. Mary’s Seminary, New York, New York
Subjects: Comparative Religious Studies, Canon Law, Church History,
Homiletics, Sacraments
1992 – 1997 Canisius College
Buffalo, New York
Subjects: Paralegal Studies, Real Estate Law, Trusts and Estates
1983 – 1988 Buffalo State College
Buffalo, New York
Subjects: Real Estate Law, Trusts and Estates
1980 University of Salamanca, Spain
Subjects: Religious Studies, research on the medieval mystics St. Teresa
of Avila and St. John of the Cross
Law:
1988 – 2012 Law Offices of James F. Lagona
Buffalo and Amherst, New York
General Practice of Law
1988 – 2004 Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority
Buffalo, New York
Legal Counsel
1987 – 1988 Moriarty and Condon
Buffalo, New York
Associate Attorney
Ministry:
1996 – 2012 Sacred Heart
Buffalo, New York
Pastor
2001 – 2008 Orthodox Christian Chaplaincy
Sherkston Shores, Ontario, Canada
Chaplain
1989 – 1996 Holy Saviour
Niagara Falls, New York
Pastor
1987 – 1990 St. Michael and All Angels
Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada
Pastor
Other:
1989 – 2004 Member, Mayor’s Advisory Board for Persons With Handicapping Conditions
Buffalo City Hall, Buffalo, New York
1995 – 2011 Legal Counsel and Board Member, Variety Club of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
References available upon request